Saudi Arabia’s ruler,\u00a0Muhammed bin Salman, recently purchased a da Vinci painting for a little over 450 million dollars. Even through appreciation or depreciation of the currency Muhammed bin Salman chose to keep his purchase secret, that is a lot of money. Especially for a leader- who could be spending on other things. The story surrounding his purchase; however, is bringing into question the character of the leader.<\/p>\n
Initially this article seemed like something not worthy posting or writing about. Buying a da Vinci piece is a big deal, but buying a da Vinci piece with the money that could potentially be used to aid those civilians dodging death not too far away, is a much bigger deal. There are about 21 million people in need of assistance in Yemen. These people are there in a U.S. backed Saudi Arabian intervention.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Oxfam America said, \u201cMillions will die in a historic famine and public health crisis if President Trump\u2019s call is not heeded.\u201d Trump recently called for aid to be made accessible to those in Yemen immediately. With this being a U.S. backed intervention, I think that it is only right for us to fully support Saudi Arabia in their time of need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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